Serial Killer Game [Concluded]

[Askthepizzaguy]

SERIAL KILLER

I hosted a previous incarnation of this down at Total War Center. Here is the thread (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=291594). Reading this game may give you an idea of what kinds of clues I leave. However I will be changing my style to keep it slightly unpredictable after a successful catching of the serial killer.

This is similar in some respects to a mafia game except everyone playing is on the side of the "town". You'll be getting clues every day. You need to deduce who the Serial Killer is. It is not the game host and will probably not be anyone playing the game. In other words, the Serial Killer I have chosen is unaware they are the Serial Killer. However, they are a member of Totalwar.org.

The Serial killer (person I choose randomly) will be killing certain people. These may be specific people, to give the Serial Killer some kind of signature. For higher difficulty, a single kill among the others will not conform to the standard style. For maximum difficulty, the kills will be mostly random. However, accusing or arresting can be hazardous to your health, if you accuse or arrest incorrectly. If you die, you can no longer win against the current serial killer.

Rules:
Anyone can play. If you think you know who the Serial Killer is, post

Arrest: (name)

in bold. If you simply want to make an accusation, post

Accuse: (name)

If you are the first to Arrest the Serial Killer, you win.
If you are the first to Accuse the Serial Killer, you automatically get at least second place.
If you Arrest the wrong person, the Serial Killer has a 1 in 2 chance of killing you.
If you Accuse the wrong person, the Serial Killer has a 1 in 20 chance of killing you.
If you Accuse the right person, the Serial Killer has zero chance of ever killing you. (Could be an important part of your strategy)
You can only make one accusation per phase.
You can only make one arrest per phase.
You can accuse and arrest in a single day if you wish. (two different suspects)
Every phase will last at least 24 hours, possibly 48 once things get rolling. You can discuss with the other players ("detectives") and compare notes. You never know, they might be able to help you solve the case. Or perhaps you'll end up solving it for them... :sweatdrop:

To play the game, make an accusation.

You may also indicate you are playing by posting "IN"



NEW RULES


Ok. Now that we have gotten a feel for the game, it's time to up the ante. There will be something every one of the murder victims have in common. Remember, there's only so many members of the .org, and I'm not going to be digging through the massive amount of 200 post-count and below members to find more victims. The amount of victims killed per night relates to how large the victim pool is. If there's only a few people meeting the criteria, then there will only ever be a few victims. If there's a larger victim pool, then it will start off with more victims and it will increase exponentially every day until they are all gone.

1. When the pool of victims is depleted, the Serial Killer will roll a six sided die and take out that many remaining detectives. Who those detectives are will be determined by random.org.

So it is now possible for the Serial Killer to win the game outright. :wink:

2. Any 24-hour phase where there are no accusations or arrests will also result in a Serial Killer victory.

Typically you'll be given 5 to 6 days to safely solve the case. After a week, prepare to die. Please be aware of these changes. :evil: Are you ready? :holmes:



Added Rules:

For arrests to count, you must correctly ID something I intended to be a clue, (besides the letter clues) in the way it was intended, and state that as evidence during your arrest.

For now, accusations will not require a case.










Current players: 20 (unlimited)

Beskar
pevergreen
A Very Super Market
Lord Winter
YLC
Beefy187
Tratorix
DisgruntledGoat
Cultured Drizzt Fan
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
slashandburn
Ichigo
Centurion1
Double A
Iskander 3.1
splitpersonality
White_Eyes:D
Death is Yonder
Elite Ferret












:holmes:

[Beskar]

In.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day One:

_Martyr_ was killed last night; he died for his pinko principles. It was very painful.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Do you have what it takes to crack this case? I have over 700 posts but less than 3000




Day One begins now. Feel free to post an accusation or arrest, and also feel free to post "in" if you want to play but wish to abstain from accusing or arresting. You have 24 hours. Unless you get really lucky, I'll move the game along in short order and you'll have more clues.

[pevergreen]

Accuse: disco
Arrest: decker

All or nothing.

:smoking:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Bold. I like it. :grin:

[A Very Super Market]

In.

[Beskar]

Arrest: AggonyDuck
Accuse: Death is Yonder

[Lord Winter]

Accuse: AVSM

[ULC]

In, although I'll probably be lost :laugh4:

[Beefy187]

In

Accuse:TosaInu

Dog.

[Tratorix]

Arrest: Tratorix

Checkmate. :smoking:

[DisgruntledGoat]

Alright, Pizza. I'm in.

The killer has a D in his name. Unlikely that it starts with a D too obvious. Pizza would never start with that as a clue. Martyr was killed for his communist tendancies so its likely the killers SN has something to do with ANTI-Communisim. Additionally the keyword CRACK should be noted.

I'll make no accusations or arrests just yet and wait to collect a few more clues.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

I want in!


Accuse: Lord winter. :yes:

[atheotes]

in...
"If you die, you can no longer win against the current serial killer." :inquisitive:

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Might as well try this...

Accuse: Cultured Drizzt fan:7reporter:
Arrest: Cultured Drizzt fan:7cop:

[Beskar]

So the serial killer isn't a member who signed up?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Generally speaking, it is not someone playing the game, but I can't guarantee that. They could sign up and blow that theory to bits.


Everyone has had a chance to discuss and accuse for this phase. Should I wait the full 24 hours or move on to Day Two?

[Beskar]

I just hope you chosen some one who is somewhat active, because if you don't, I would never guess then probably because I don't even know them.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Given that the list of suspects includes only members of totalwar.org, with a certain post count range, and fitting certain criteria, you don't even need to know the person in question to be able to solve it. However, it may take a few days to gather clues.

[slashandburn]

In
Arrest:Lord of Storms

[DisgruntledGoat]

a lot of people are gonna die tonight.

[Tratorix]

Accuse: DisgruntledGoat

[Csargo]

I guess I'll play this game since AVSM's game isn't going to start. :soapbox:

[Centurion1]

In.

[Csargo]

Wait I just noticed this already started, but my name is in the sign-ups. :confused:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Due to the nature of this game, you can sign up and play at any time.

It's not a mafia game.

[Csargo]

Due to the nature of this game, you can sign up and play at any time.

It's not a mafia game.

Okay, just wanted to make sure ~;)

[Csargo]

Accuse:rasoforos

[A Very Super Market]

Accuse: Lord Winter

[Askthepizzaguy]

Arrest: AggonyDuck
Accuse: Death is Yonder


Beskar is the winner. AggonyDuck was the serial killer.

I have no :daisy: clue how Beskar solved it based on those obscure clues, so perhaps he would like to explain. I suppose it was technically possible to solve it based on those clues, but... in a scary, you'd-have-to-be-inside-my-brain kind of way. I am seriously scared. There are a LOT of people on the .org. For Beskar to have picked correctly is unbe-(expletive)-lievable. Congratulations. Not only did everyone survive the game, but you caught the Serial Killer before he was able to kill his second victim. Congratulations again. Now I have to come up with a whole different Serial Killer and try this again. Dang, Beskar!!! :laugh4: :sweatdrop: :laugh4: :sweatdrop:



A perfect score.



Now... as is customary... I'll explain "all" the clues... :sweatdrop:


Day One:

_Martyr_ was killed last night; he died for his pinko principles. It was very painful.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Do you have what it takes to crack this case? I have over 700 posts but less than 3000


_Martyr_

His avatar is very similar to AggonyDuck's avatar. The clue here was GOING TO BE that everyone AggonyDuck killed would have a similar avatar.

It was very painful.

AggonyDuck reminds me of pain.

Do you have what it takes

AggonyDuck has a "D" in his name.

crack this case.

All the clues would rhyme with "quack". First day was "crack", next day would have been "whack", etc... quack makes you think of a duck. And the 700-3000 range would have solved it from there. So there was a reason for all those clues... but I didn't think anyone would solve it Day One. I am going to chalk this up to a random guess or a fluke. Otherwise I am now officially scared of Beskar.

[A Very Super Market]

Everyone is scared of Beskar and his creepy hood.

Congrats :D

[Beskar]

Do you have what it takes

AggonyDuck has a "D" in his name.


That was the most obvious clue. I pretty much went for AggonyDuck as when reading, I thought of his name, as opposed to being the first letter, it was a capital D in the middle of the name...

[Iskander 3.1]

I wouldn't be too scared, he lynches all the wrong people in mafia games.:laugh4:

[Askthepizzaguy]

I will come up with another Serial Killer and devise clues for such. Might as well keep the game rolling. Be back soon and no peeking at what I am doing, moderators.

[Beskar]

I wouldn't be too scared, he lynches all the wrong people in mafia games.:laugh4:

No I don't, everyone wrongfully lynches me!!!!:furious3::help::help::oops::skull: :wall::smash::clown::whip:

[A Very Super Market]

Whenever someone writes PERFECT SCORE in super-sized blue font, I can't help but imagine a manic Japanese game show host shouting it in mangled engrish.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Whenever someone writes PERFECT SCORE in super-sized blue font, I can't help but imagine a manic Japanese game show host shouting it in mangled engrish.

And that's exactly how I want you to picture it, too.

Now then, onto Game Two.Day One:

Orda Khan was sent back from whence he came. Only, you know, a little deader.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'm holding out for a hero. I have over 500 posts but less than 5000





Begin!

[Tratorix]

Accuse: Yaseikhaan. Get the obvious one out of the way.

[Beskar]

He has over 5000 posts.

[Tratorix]

He has over 5000 posts.

Arrest: Beskar :furious3:

[A Very Super Market]

Arrest: Heraclius

[Beskar]

The clue wasn't a capital H.

[Tratorix]

Beskar gets it right once and suddenly he's an expert. :laugh4:

[A Very Super Market]

Doesn't matter, we'll see what happens.

ATPG, we resurrect when someone else finds the killer right?

[Beskar]

Beskar gets it right once and suddenly he's an expert. :laugh4:

Not once, I got a perfect! :book2:

Just trying to help people not do basic errors and get killed.

[Csargo]

I CHOOSE YOU BESKAR!!!! Go find that serial killer.


Just trying to help people not do basic errors and get killed.

and we thank you for it.

[Beskar]

Here is a possible list using the main h clue.

Wakizashi
Ibn-Khaldun
Megas Methuselah
Olaf The Great
Rhyfelwyr
atheotes
johnhughthom
Northnovas
phonicsmonkey
Thermal Mercury

[ULC]

Here is a possible list using the main h clue.

Wakizashi
Ibn-Khaldun
Megas Methuselah
Olaf The Great
Rhyfelwyr
atheotes
johnhughthom
Northnovas
phonicsmonkey
Thermal Mercury

Actually, I'm kinda liking AVSM's line of thought - the clues add up pretty strongly for it, least that is what some small voice in the back of my head is telling me.

[Beefy187]

I wouldn't be too scared, he lynches all the wrong people in mafia games.:laugh4:

No Beskar is just giving us some handicap. He can lynch the host and make him guilty if he wants it.

Arrest Thermal Mercury

He used to be called Ares. Ares is god of battle is he not?

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Accuse: Ibn-Khaldun
Arrest: Ibn-Khaldun


Courteously. :laugh4:

[Beskar]

CDF, use different names. Using the same name is pointless for both.

From what I gather, each round, ATPG adds another letter, thus there will be capital(or pural) depending on the name and lowercase for the lowercase stuff.

With this logic in mind, it isn't going to be a short name (Sorry Zim), and other clues distinctly say things such as postcount. My hunch is that it is some one on that list, however, I am not sure who, as I don't have the .org notice. For instance, who is Orda Khan? As for the hero clue, is it like "Ichigo" for instance? (No, it isn't him, invalidates postcount rule, was my first guess at a quick glance)

I am going to take a calculated stab -

Arrest: Rhyfelwyr
Accuse: Olaf the Great

[Double A]

accuse: Wakizashi
arrest: Ibn-Khaldun

:smash:

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Huh .. Do I really look like a serial killer? :inquisitive:


Accuse: atheotes

[atheotes]

Generally speaking, it is not someone playing the game, but I can't guarantee that. They could sign up and blow that theory to bits.



Current players: 14 (unlimited)

Beskar
pevergreen
A Very Super Market
Lord Winter
YLC
Beefy187
Tratorix
DisgruntledGoat
Cultured Drizzt Fan
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
slashandburn
Ichigo
Centurion1



:juggle2:

i did not even realise the first phase had started... :laugh4:
good job Beskar :2thumbsup:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Two:

Retaliation:Tratorix was pushed down an elevator shaft and crushed by the descending lift before he could escape.
A Very Super Market was attacked in the marketplace by fresh fruit but he managed to lurk his way out.
Beefy187 was about to be turned into beefsteak, but he unleashed the dreaded methane cloud and the killer ran away.
Cultured Drizzt Fan was sipping poisoned wine that had been placed in front of him, but it turns out he's immune to it.
Beskar was strutting around proudly with his new Detective badge, but it was actually a bomb. It exploded.
Double A was off trying to arrest Ibn-Khaldun, but he accidentally ran into a street lamp and was seeing double. Somehow he managed to survive.
Ibn-Khaldun tried to blitz his way to victory but it seems he was too slow. Nevertheless, the one trying to kill him was even slower. He survived.Day Two Summary:

Tratorix died.
Beskar died.
The other detectives survived.

Murders:

Gobbledygook was mortally wounded, but when he tried to call out for help, no one understood him.
Malik of Sindh was trampled by elephants before he could call a jihad.
Wladyslaw IV had his heart and viscera torn out and interred in the Chapel of St. Casimir of Vilnius Cathedral.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'd love to play tag, but I can only do it on this table.

[Beefy187]

Perhaps the Serial killer comes from a Non english speaking country.
Or likes playing Eastern faction in TW games.

[ULC]

Accuse: phonicsmonkey

[Csargo]

Arrest:Northnovas

Come on big money!!!

[A Very Super Market]

Arrest: Abokasee

[Beefy187]

Accuse: Beefy :beam:

[Askthepizzaguy]

It's been suggested that I give the updates sooner, perhaps after everyone has voted, to speed the game up.

I may implement this policy starting now. If you have no accusation or arrest, post abstain. After all the active players have accused, arrested, or abstained, or 24 hours have passed, I will move it along. Which means:

Beskar (dead)
pevergreen
A Very Super Market
Lord Winter
YLC
Beefy187
Tratorix (dead)
DisgruntledGoat
Cultured Drizzt Fan
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
slashandburn
Ichigo
Centurion1
Iskander 3.1
Double A

These are the players remaining before I'll move it along.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Accuse: Cultured Drizzt fan

it could happen. :laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

[atheotes]

Accuse: Atheotes

my best guess... in the writeup it did look like Ibn will not be killed... hmm

[Ibn-Khaldun]

If you don't know who to blame then usually Sasaki is guilty..

Accuse: Sasaki Kojiro

[Ibn-Khaldun]

And before I forget..

Arrest: atheotes

Edit: Sry for double post :wall:

[Centurion1]

Accuse: abstain
Arrest: abstain

sorry i want a few more clues before i make my move

[Iskander 3.1]

Arrest: atheotes

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Three:

Retaliation:YLC was attacked by his lord and conqueror, but he was not vanquished.
Ichigo was off making a bad arrest, when he was attacked by someone who lurks more than him. They engaged in a duel of lurkers, and somehow Ichigo managed to escape!
A Very Super Market was hit on the head, torn into pieces, and sold at the deli counter.
Beefy187 managed to survive a stampede, intimidating them all away using his ferocious moo.
Cultured Drizzt Fan sipped more wine, and this time he gagged and nearly died. "I said the Seventy-Eight!" He shouted at the poor waiter.
atheotes finally realized there was indeed a God, and went off to meet him. *ACK*
Ibn-Khaldun was attacked by the same person twice. His luck had nearly run out. Nearly....
Iskander 3.1 was nearly blown up by a Russian missile, but remembered to wear clean underwear and therefore miraculously survived.Day Three Summary:

A Very Super Market died.
atheotes died.
Centurion1 was not attacked.
The other detectives survived.

Murders:

Yaseikhaan was about to change his name one more time, but he was taken down by his evil twin.
Baba Ga'on was buried up to his head in sand and the fire ants ate him alive.
R'as al Ghul was plotting the destruction of Gotham city, but he died in a train crash.
Kongamato.... the principle that occurred to him was death, indeed.
Lehesu was pushed into a soy processing machine. It was not a very healthy alternative.
Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe was cannibalized by a bunch of tiny smurfs.
Al Khalifah was slain, his head placed atop a wooden stick, and became the lord of the flies.
Cebei died when a desk fell on him.
master of the puppets was very agitated by his own death. He never made it to the spin cycle.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

One of these victims is not like the other. You should be able to tell which one.

[A Very Super Market]

Got a serious case of regicide going on here.....

[Centurion1]

never mind

[Splitpersonality]

Oh noooo!

I wish I could've been in this ;_;

Sorry for intruding on this game...

Carry on with play. :bow:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Split, you can play at any time. Anyone can join. This isn't a mafia game. :bow:

Sign up and start playing now.

[Splitpersonality]

Oh :daisy: yes!


In in in :D

[Splitpersonality]

hanrow

So far the letters have been "O, R, H"

His name contains all of them


Accuse: Hanrow

I am made of stupid, excuse me :bow:

[Splitpersonality]

Unaccuse;

Accuse: Hirosito


For real this time >_>

[atheotes]

so many people with 50% chance of death survived...and i died with a 5% chance :furious3:

[Askthepizzaguy]

so many people with 50% chance of death survived...and i died with a 5% chance :furious3:

Yeah, random.org was not kind to you. But it's been awfully lenient on the false arrest people. The RNG doesn't seem to want to give you what is statistically probable... must be having a bad hair day, as TosaInu would say.

Of course you did accuse yourself, so... oops? :laugh4:




Players remaining to post before phase ends (or 24 hours)

Beskar
pevergreen
A Very Super Market
Lord Winter
YLC
Beefy187
Tratorix
DisgruntledGoat
Cultured Drizzt Fan
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
slashandburn
Ichigo
Centurion1
Double A
Iskander 3.1
splitpersonality

[Double A]

both things: abstain

I need more evidence provided by the other players

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Yeah, Accuse: abstain
Arrest: Abstain


I am cool with not dying.

[Iskander 3.1]

do I need to post to abstain? I thought that everyone in the .org is a player even if they don't post (I've been playing since post #1)

[Askthepizzaguy]

Writeup will be posted shortly. :2thumbsup: Check this post in a few.




Edit: Uhh... got distracted. Few more minutes.

[Beefy187]

Accuse: abstain
Arrest: Abstain

Not that it will effect the outcome

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Four:

Retaliation:spL1tp3r50naL1ty was almost split in half, but he used his magical personality to charm his way out of it.Day Four Summary:

spL1tp3r50naL1ty survived.
All the other detectives survived.

Murders:

Abokasee was destroyed by the Bartixian hordes. Also a thing that replaces the ram but fires fire.
Krasturak wasn't sleeping in a coffin tonight, but he will be tomorrow.
Productivity won't be very productive anymore.
russia almighty was making brownies when his oven exploded.
Raz has an interesting life, o_O but also an interesting death.
shingenmitch2 was killed by THE DEADLY SHINGEN.
dopp confiscated a sword right into his stomach. It hurt a little bit.
Wolfman was torn apart by a wolf, man.
Crash crashed.
the man with no name also had no pulse.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

My name is almost double. I'm running out of victims... one of these folks is not like the other.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Accuse: double A
Arrest: Double A

why not.

[Iskander 3.1]

Bartix FTW!!!

[Beefy187]

Almost double. Quarter? :sweatdrop:

[Splitpersonality]

O, R, H, T

My name is almost double. I'm running out of victims... one of these folks is not like the other.

One of these victims is not like the other. You should be able to tell which one.

I'd love to play tag, but I can only do it on this table.

I'm holding out for a hero. I have over 500 posts but less than 5000




These are our clues so far.... From most recent to first...

[Splitpersonality]

Arrest: Warmaster Horus

On an attempt.

[Askthepizzaguy]

You know, arresting someone is good enough.

Accusing and arresting them has only one effect: It causes you to die quicker if you're wrong.

[Splitpersonality]

Accusing, who's accusing? :D

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

I am. We shall see what happens. :yes:

[Csargo]

Arrest:Olaf the Great

[A Very Super Market]

There we go, Ichigo.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Five:

Retaliation:Cultured Drizzt Fan drank some more wine. This time, he choked and died. But not from the wine.... from a paper cut that got infected.
splitpersonality was attacked by the serial killer. But Split was even more psychotic than him, and therefore he escaped.
Ichigo was ambushed, but he used his katana to defend himself successfully. His attacker scurried away.Day Five Summary:

Cultured Drizzt Fan was killed.
All the other detectives survived.

Murders:

Kukrikhan was killed by the kookiest of khans.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'm a fiend like no other. Do your research!

[Beskar]

Capitalization makes a big difference.

[Csargo]

Arrest: therother

This guy fits perfectly.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Arrest: therother

This guy fits perfectly.


Ichigo is the winner. therother was the serial killer.

This time I have to believe it was not a random guess. Based on Ichigo's response, it must have been by the clues. A hard-won victory for the town, and a personal victory for Ichigo. :bow:

I made this one a bit more difficult, and I chose someone that I felt no one would guess immediately, or perhaps, even knew personally. I had run across therother (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=1535) in The Guild FAQ (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45416) page, so he is a big name around here, or was at one point, I am sure. I didn't know him personally but he's a senior member, so I figured someone might have known him.

This time the clues were difficult to begin with. Explained:


Day One:

Orda Khan was sent back from whence he came. Only, you know, a little deader.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'm holding out for a hero. I have over 500 posts but less than 5000

H

Clues: almost everyone he kills has a mongolian avatar.
Over 500 posts but less than 5000
the word "hero"

therother has a mongolian avatar.
The postcount is obvious.
The word "hero"

Ok, the word hero makes this one solvable on the first round. Go to the members list and do a search for "hero". The only one with a mongolian avatar is therother. The only one with a postcount of 500-5000 is therother. Well except for Theronin.

Chances of solving this one on the first round were very good, but only if you did that search.



Day Two Summary:

Tratorix died.
Beskar died.
The other detectives survived.

Murders:

Gobbledygook was mortally wounded, but when he tried to call out for help, no one understood him.
Malik of Sindh was trampled by elephants before he could call a jihad.
Wladyslaw IV had his heart and viscera torn out and interred in the Chapel of St. Casimir of Vilnius Cathedral.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'd love to play tag, but I can only do it on this table.

O

Table tag (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40986).

If you do a yahoo search for "the guild table tag" the first entry is this thread, and the third post is by therother.

All those being killed have a mongolian avatar.


Day Three Summary:

A Very Super Market died.
atheotes died.
Centurion1 was not attacked.
The other detectives survived.

Murders:

Yaseikhaan was about to change his name one more time, but he was taken down by his evil twin.
Baba Ga'on was buried up to his head in sand and the fire ants ate him alive.
R'as al Ghul was plotting the destruction of Gotham city, but he died in a train crash.
Kongamato.... the principle that occurred to him was death, indeed.
Lehesu was pushed into a soy processing machine. It was not a very healthy alternative.
Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe was cannibalized by a bunch of tiny smurfs.
Al Khalifah was slain, his head placed atop a wooden stick, and became the lord of the flies.
Cebei died when a desk fell on him.
master of the puppets was very agitated by his own death. He never made it to the spin cycle.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

One of these victims is not like the other. You should be able to tell which one.

R

Yaseikhaan was taken down by his evil twin. Yaseikhaan and therother have the exact same avatar.

"the other" almost matches "therother".

One of these victims is not like the other: one of the victims has an egyptian avatar, all the others have a mongolian avatar.


Day Four Summary:

spL1tp3r50naL1ty survived.
All the other detectives survived.

Murders:

Abokasee was destroyed by the Bartixian hordes. Also a thing that replaces the ram but fires fire.
Krasturak wasn't sleeping in a coffin tonight, but he will be tomorrow.
Productivity won't be very productive anymore.
russia almighty was making brownies when his oven exploded.
Raz has an interesting life, o_O but also an interesting death.
shingenmitch2 was killed by THE DEADLY SHINGEN.
dopp confiscated a sword right into his stomach. It hurt a little bit.
Wolfman was torn apart by a wolf, man.
Crash crashed.
the man with no name also had no pulse.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

My name is almost double. I'm running out of victims... one of these folks is not like the other.

T

Almost all of the remaining mongolian avatar users died this day. I seriously was running down to the low hundreds in post count to find more. The man with no name was the one who was not like the others.

My name is almost double. otherother.... therother. Running out of victims refers to the number of mongolian avatar users left.


Day Five Summary:

Cultured Drizzt Fan was killed.
All the other detectives survived.

Murders:

Kukrikhan was killed by the kookiest of khans.

The Serial Killer left a clue.

I'm a fiend like no other. Do your research!

E

Letters so far: O, T, H, E, R

Kukrikhan is one of therother's friends.

Kookiest of khans... khan refers to Yaseikhaan, kookiest would be therother... Khaan's evil twin, basically. Kind of a stretch but it's there.

Finally: therother's title is "Research fiend".


Solved by Ichigo in 5 days.

Clear victory. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

However, 5 detectives died, and a massive amount of victims fell to therother. :yes:

[Splitpersonality]

*Applause*

Congrats ichigo!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Feel free to continue to congratulate our Detective Ichigo. :bow: However, round three begins.

Day One:

Hosakawa Tito was burned to death by fire, and then frozen in ice.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

I have over 4,000 posts, and I will bring my three dogs against you.

[Csargo]

Will you use similar clues as last round or change them up every round?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Will you use similar clues as last round or change them up every round?

With each successful arrest, some of the clue types will change. However, the one thing that will remain stable is the letter clues. Even if you fail to understand all the other clues, the letters basically give you a piece of their name anyway. The objective being to figure out the name before everyone else, and so the harder clues will yield the name sooner, but will be more difficult to solve.

I also try to make the puzzle solvable on day one, but very difficult.

[Csargo]

Arrest:frogbeastegg

List of users with over 4000 posts and a lower case "s" in their username:

Andres
antisocialmunky
Asai Nagamasa
Askthepizzaguy
AussieGiant
Aymar de Bois Mauri
Banquo's Ghost
Caius
Craterus
Devastatin Dave
Divinus Arma
eadingas
Epistolary Richard
EMFM
frogbeastegg
Gelatinous Cube
Gregoshi
Husar
InsaneApache
Kagemusha
Kaiser of Arabia
keraynos
Kraxis
Krusader
Louis VI the Fat
Ludens
MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Moros
Omanes Alexandrapolites
paullus
Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
Psychonaut
Red Harvest
sapi
Sasaki Kojiro aka guilty
Seamus Fermanagh
shlin28
solypsist
Teleklos Archelaou
Tribesman
Yaseikhaan

I like this game :beam:

[Askthepizzaguy]

:creep: Case is unimportant...

Sorry... I know that sucks to hear. :sweatdrop:

[A Very Super Market]

Arrest: Seamus

Both mods :shrug:

[Iskander 3.1]

Arrest: Ser Clegane

[Double A]

accuse: Askthepizzaguy

[Iskander 3.1]

:creep: Case is unimportant...

Between you and I, case is important.

Also, congrats, Ichigo!

[Beefy187]

Accuse: Antisocialmonkey.

[Beskar]

Don't think it is me.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Accuse: Andres

Hosting Mafia games.. that's so scummy, scummy, scummy...

[Beskar]

Accuse: Sasaki Kojiro

[Askthepizzaguy]

Arrest: Ser Clegane


Iskander 3.1 is the winner. Ser Clegane was the serial killer.


Day One:

Hosakawa Tito was burned to death by fire, and then frozen in ice.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

I have over 4,000 posts, and I will bring my three dogs against you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_houses_in_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire#House_Clegane

House Clegane

House Clegane is sworn to House Lannister. The first Ser Clegane was kennelmaster at Casterly Rock until he saved Lord Tytos Lannister from a lion and lost a leg in the effort. As a reward, Lord Tytos gave him lands and a towerhouse and took his son as his squire. Their sigil is three dogs on a yellow field; the three dogs represent the dogs that saved Lord Tytos.

Ser Clegane is a character in George R. R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire)

I did not know this myself, I have no clue what is in these stories. However, it's a fantasy series set on the fictional continent of Westeros. I might assume some of you are aware of this series, even though I was not. Just a little bit of digging on the web, YAHOO SEARCH "Ice fire three dogs" leads to entry number 7, which is Sandor Clegane. That should have cinched it, even if you were unaware of the series, as long as you know fire, ice, and three dogs were clues. GOOGLE SEARCH "ice fire three dogs" leads to entry number 6, which is House Clegane.

My zeal to make it solvable on the first round appears to have backfired. Even random guessing would give you reasonable odds on solving this one, I didn't check to see how relatively few members there were with over 4,000 posts. I'll have to increase the difficulty. :bow:


Congratulations Iskander 3.1 for solving it on round one.

PERFECT SCORE

No detectives died, and only one casualty. Excellent. Time to start round four...

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day One:

Leet Eriksson was killed by a bag of pearls flung at high velocity.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Does the number ten mean anything to you? I have between 1,000 and 5,000 posts.

[shlin28]

Accuse: Tincow

[Splitpersonality]

Arrest: Avicenna

:bow:

[Beskar]

RIP Louis VI the Fat.

[Double A]

Oh god, I should have known that! :wall:

[Askthepizzaguy]

By the way, if you died in a previous round, you're alive now, to face the new serial killer. Just thought I should reiterate that. :bow:

[Beefy187]

Congratulations Iskander :bow:

And Ichigo for the previous round :2thumbsup:

Accuse beefy187

Just getting that out of my way :yes:

[Beskar]

Arrest: Lefthandnine

[Centurion1]

Accuse: Abstain

[Iskander 3.1]

Woohoo! I'm a huge fan of A Song of Ice and Fire and the fire/ice coupled with the dogs was a dead giveaway. (My sig used to reference George RR Martin, for those of you who remember).

[Askthepizzaguy]

Good. Now be the first to get two in a row. :whip:

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Accuse: Abstain

[Centurion1]

(My sig used to reference George RR Martin, for those of you who remember).

i should have known that, ive read the books often enough.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Two:

Retaliation:Splitpersonality died because he couldn't manage his split enz.
Beskar engaged in a bitter feud, but survived the duel. He was given five for fighting.
shlin28 was assaulted, but would continue to shine on down.
Beefy187 was tossed into a drowning pool, but his death wasn't in the script. He got his nickel back.Day Two Summary:

Splitpersonality died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Two Murders:

Kagemusha raged against the machine and was promptly destroyed.
Ironside was thrown inside an iron maiden.
woad&fangs was bitten by a white snake.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

In case you're wondering, I'm still alive.

[Splitpersonality]

Hooray I'm dead. Good luck other detectives.

[A Very Super Market]

Hmm, metal bands.

[Splitpersonality]

Splitpersonality died because he couldn't manage his split enz.
Beskar engaged in a bitter feud, but survived the duel. He was given five for fighting.
shlin28 was assaulted, but would continue to shine on down.
Beefy187 was tossed into a drowning pool, but his death wasn't in the script. He got his nickel back.

Splitenz
Five for fighting
Shine down, drowning pool, nickelback

Not metal, drowning pool would be the most metal I think, FFF Shinedown and nickelback are more alternative bands.

[A Very Super Market]

Iron Maiden
Rage Against the Machine
White Snake... er....

Well, rock in general.

[johnhughthom]

Accuse: Reverend Joe

[Beefy187]

Arrest: Reverend Joe

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Three:

Retaliation:Johnhughthom was just accusing someone, but he ended up having the theory of a deadman. Amazingly. :no:
Beefy187 was out making an arrest, but he only found some sick puppies. He nursed them back to health, and he is still alive, miraculously :inquisitive:Day Three Summary:

Johnhughthom died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Three Murders:

FactionHeir was hit over the head by a skillet, just after he joined the fray.
Scottishranger was trapt in a pit of boiling acid.
Veronica "Trouble" Toluso was kind of like Alice, in chains. Only deader.
Crazed Rabbit would not be a survivor.
GeneralHankerchief found out the hard way that he was allergic to red hot chili peppers.
discovery1 was murdered by someone wielding both guns n' roses.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Oh, I.... oh... I'm still alive.

[White_eyes:D]

IN I know who it is....:yes:(Unlike before when I knew no one)

[Askthepizzaguy]

Go ahead and post your response.

[Centurion1]

Obviously all rock bands

[White_eyes:D]

Arrest:Evil_Maniac From Mars My second guess.....:juggle2:(First one was wrong)

[Death is yonder]

In!

Looks like all the dead are dead mafia/mafia leaning wiseguys from Capo III though :juggle2::juggle2:

If you use the post count clue and apply it to Capo III sign ups, you get: [And crossing out names without n,e,o]
a completely inoffensive name
A Very Super Market
AggonyDuck
atheotes
Beskar
Centurion 1
Chaotix
Death is Yonder
gibsonsg91921
Greyblades
johnhughthom
Jolt
Kommodus
Lord Winter
Myrddraal
Pannonian
Proletariat
Quintus.JC
Reenk Roink
Rhyfelwher
shlin28
Sigurd
splitpersonality
SSNeoperestroika
Tratorix
Warmaster Horus
White_Eyes:D
Xehh II
YLC

You are left with, ACIN, Centurion, Myself, Reenk Roink, Split and SSNeo.

:yes:

[A Very Super Market]

But the other clues would be meaningless...

[Death is yonder]

Well, I'm not even sure if the "Serial Killer" is a mafia from Capo III.

Oh well, I'll follow the still alive clue then.

Arrest: SSNeoperestroika

[johnhughthom]

You are left with, ACIN, Centurion, Myself, Reenk Roink, Split and SSNeo.



Does the number ten mean anything to you?

Centurion is the tenth name on the (alphabetic) list of all Capo players. He didn't survive the game however...

[Double A]

Accuse: Centurion1

[Ferret]

Arrest:Death is Yonder

[atheotes]

Accuse: NeoSpartan
Arrest: Tenchimuyo

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Four:

I knew it was bound to happen. Random.org is finally acting like what you'd expect. Sorry guys.

Retaliation:White_Eyes:D had his white eyes torn from his sockets and fed to a phish.
Death is Yonder joined the Hollywood undead.
Elite Ferret went on a long and deadly journey.
atheotes could not escape from the killers.
Double A was attacked, but he rose like a phoenix. He survived.Day Four Summary:

White_Eyes:D died.
Death is yonder died.
Elite Ferret died.
atheotes died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Four Murders:

Xehh II tried to cage the elephant, but ended up getting gored.
Sigurd tried to achieve Nirvana, but instead he simply rests in peace.
LittleGrizzly was killed by a radio to the head.
Haudegen was torn apart by gorillaz.
CountArach forgot to wear his seat belt and died when he hit the dashboard confessional.
Rhyfelwyr was burnt to death by the arcade fire.
Sasaki Kojiro was bitten by a cobra starship... he turned green by the end of the day.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

I'm a very rare CD that people might jam to.

[Death is yonder]

:laugh4:

[Askthepizzaguy]

something amusing, DIY? :beam:

[Csargo]

Double A should have been saved by the energizer bunny

[A Very Super Market]

Arrest: Ironside

[Askthepizzaguy]

I believe Ironside was murdered on day two. :bow:

[A Very Super Market]

Bah, humbug.

[atheotes]

if it helps anyone....

Alexander the Pretty Good
Alexanderofmacedon
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Centurion1
Chirurgeon
Conqueror
Cronos Impera
Dark Phoenix
Demon of Light
DemonArchangel
drone
Emp. Conralius
Erado San
everyone
FesterShinetop
Furious Mental
General Appo
Lord Winter
Lorenzo_H
Maion Maroneios
Omanes Alexandrapolites
VikingHorde
Wonderland

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Five:

Retaliation:A Very Super Market was almost impaled by nine inch nails, but somehow, he's still alive.Day Five Summary:

A Very Super Market survived.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Five Murders:

TruePraetorian found everything in life... everything but the girl. And he's dead now.
Warmaster Horus tried to rob a zombie, and got eaten for his trouble.
Pannonian was mauled by a steppen wolf.
Cowhead418 ate way too much korn and exploded.
DJGingivitis was captured by the black queen.
Skooma Addict had nearly discovered something... he went "a-ha" just before he went splat.
Gaius Scribonius Curio and his friend Jimmy eat world. It wasn't very healthy and so he died.
Nole4694 was killed by the airborne toxic event.
Dutch_guy reached an all time low just before he died.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Eek! Went the pig, who later grunted.

[Csargo]

Arrest: Dark Phoenix

[Beefy187]

Arrest: Vikinghorde

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Six:

Retaliation:Ichigo was up in a plane, and forgot his parachute. They told him not to fall out. Boy, did he ever. But somehow, he fell 10,000 feet and landed on a pillow factory.
Beefy187 was caught inside the red jumpsuit apparatus. It was too sexy and he was mauled by a crowd of women, and a few men too!
Day Six Summary:

Beefy187 died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Six Murders:

Quintus.JC had his brains smashed in by an M.C. Hammer.
TheStranger found out the hard way that he was deathly allergic to Salt-N-Pepa.
Craterus listened to Hanson and then promptly shot himself in the face with a shotgun.
El Diablo unfortunately found himself in a house of pain. And death.
glyphz was told at gunpoint to dance, but he was not N'sync enough.
Greyblades was ruthlessly slaughtered by some barenaked ladies.
Jolt tried to join the skull and bones, but he was killed by the Presidents of the United States of America.
shlin28 was slashed up in a Kris Kross pattern.
Diana Abnoba was hit on the head by a Fastball.
a completely inoffensive name choked on an ice cube.
Myrddraal was buried up to his forehead in Snow.
Kommodus is naughty by nature. Perhaps a bit too naughty... he died.


The Serial Killer left a clue:

:snobby: Oh... it should be quite solvable by now.

[GeneralHankerchief]

In, Arrest Reenk Roink.

[Askthepizzaguy]

:laugh4: :rolleyes:

Just sayin'. Hehehehe.

[GeneralHankerchief]

All I saw was that spoiled smiley.

/returns to lurk mode

[Askthepizzaguy]

That's really all you need, isn't it?

:laugh4:

Reenk is recognizeable by smiley face now.

[Askthepizzaguy]

In, Arrest Reenk Roink.



GeneralHankerchief is correct. Reenk Roink was the serial killer!!!!

Wow. Okay I admit this one might have been hard. However, there were three major clue paths which all lead to Reenk Roink, in case the main clue was indecipherable. You may want to check out these clues. It's pretty interesting.



Day One:

Leet Eriksson was killed by a bag of pearls flung at high velocity.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Does the number ten mean anything to you? I have between 1,000 and 5,000 posts.

Okay, here's how it goes.

The letter N starts you off with the hangman clue path. Reenk Roink has two N's in his name.

A bag of pearls. This is the unusual method of death. it was also the only death which did not involve a band name. Why? Pearl was part of a band name. Pearl Jam.

How does Pearl jam relate to Reenk Roink? Google "Pearl Jam Reenk Roink" and you will find out. :eyebrows: Ever wonder what Reenk Roink means? That's what it means. :2thumbsup:

ten. The number ten. Well... not so much the number ten. How about the album, Ten?

Pearl Jam's Ten album. Relates specifically and only to Reenk Roink. With the letter N and the post count, if you knew the trivia regarding Reenk's name, this was solveable on round one. But I didn't seriously believe anyone would. Very difficult if you don't know the obscure origin of "Reenk Roink".

Post count between 1,000 and 5,000 helps you narrow down suspects when combined with other clues.


Day Two:

Retaliation:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Splitpersonality died because he couldn't manage his split enz.
Beskar engaged in a bitter feud, but survived the duel. He was given five for fighting.
shlin28 was assaulted, but would continue to shine on down.
Beefy187 was tossed into a drowning pool, but his death wasn't in the script. He got his nickel back.
Day Two Summary:

Splitpersonality died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Two Murders:

Kagemusha raged against the machine and was promptly destroyed.
Ironside was thrown inside an iron maiden.
woad&fangs was bitten by a white snake.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

In case you're wondering, I'm still alive.

The letter E continues the hangman path of clues.

On day two, all the murders involve band names.

Split Enz
Five for Fighting
Shinedown
Drowning Pool
The Script
Nickelback
Rage against the Machine
Iron Maiden
Whitesnake

Pearls, plus band names.... plus "I'm still alive"... gets you thinking about:

1. Music
2. Bands in particular
3. Pearl jam in particular
4. The song "alive" by Pearl Jam, on the album "Ten"
5. Which leads you to the rare CD clue.... Rare Pearl Jam Ten album, Reenk Roink. :2thumbsup:

Now, here comes the fun. The murder victims are all players of Capo de Tutti Capi. Specifically, the mafia at first.

That leads you down the third clue path, the Capo III players path. Again, in case you didn't get the Pearl Jam clues, the Capo clues and the letter clues and the post count clue.


https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb225/askthepizzaguy/pj.jpg


Day Three:

Retaliation:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Johnhughthom was just accusing someone, but he ended up having the theory of a deadman. Amazingly.
Beefy187 was out making an arrest, but he only found some sick puppies. He nursed them back to health, and he is still alive, miraculously
Day Three Summary:

Johnhughthom died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Three Murders:

FactionHeir was hit over the head by a skillet, just after he joined the fray.
Scottishranger was trapt in a pit of boiling acid.
Veronica "Trouble" Toluso was kind of like Alice, in chains. Only deader.
Crazed Rabbit would not be a survivor.
GeneralHankerchief found out the hard way that he was allergic to red hot chili peppers.
discovery1 was murdered by someone wielding both guns n' roses.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Oh, I.... oh... I'm still alive.

N, E, O... leads you down the hangman clue path to Reenk Roink.

Band names:

The theory of a deadman
Sick Puppies
Skillet
The Fray
Trapt
Alice in chains
Survivor
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guns N' Roses

Alive clues:

Beefy's clue mentions the word "alive", and the Serial Killer clue is literally "Oh, I... oh.... I'm still alive", which are lyrics from the song "Alive" by Pearl Jam. Which is more obvious a clue, Alive leads you to the album Ten by Pearl Jam, which starts to link all the clues together. All you need to know now is that it's a CD and it's rare.



Day Four:

I knew it was bound to happen. Random.org is finally acting like what you'd expect. Sorry guys.

Retaliation:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
White_Eyes:D had his white eyes torn from his sockets and fed to a phish.
Death is Yonder joined the Hollywood undead.
Elite Ferret went on a long and deadly journey.
atheotes could not escape from the killers.
Double A was attacked, but he rose like a phoenix. He survived.
Day Four Summary:

White_Eyes:D died.
Death is yonder died.
Elite Ferret died.
atheotes died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Four Murders:

Xehh II tried to cage the elephant, but ended up getting gored.
Sigurd tried to achieve Nirvana, but instead he simply rests in peace.
LittleGrizzly was killed by a radio to the head.
Haudegen was torn apart by gorillaz.
CountArach forgot to wear his seat belt and died when he hit the dashboard confessional.
Rhyfelwyr was burnt to death by the arcade fire.
Sasaki Kojiro was bitten by a cobra starship... he turned green by the end of the day.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

I'm a very rare CD that people might jam to.

N, E, O, R....

Band names:

Phish
Hollywood Undead
Journey
The killers
Phoenix
Cage the Elephant
Nirvana
Radiohead
Gorillaz
Dashboard Confessional
Arcade Fire
Cobra Starship
Green Day

The band names are more of a throwaway joke at this point. You're all aware these are band names. But which band am I trying to make you think of?

that people might jam to.

First murder: Pearls.
Fourth SK clue: Jam.
Pearl Jam.

A very rare pearl jam CD. Reenk Roink.

Everyone who died this round was a Capo III mafia, SK, or mafia sympathizer.


Day Five:

Retaliation:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
A Very Super Market was almost impaled by nine inch nails, but somehow, he's still alive.
Day Five Summary:

A Very Super Market survived.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Five Murders:

TruePraetorian found everything in life... everything but the girl. And he's dead now.
Warmaster Horus tried to rob a zombie, and got eaten for his trouble.
Pannonian was mauled by a steppen wolf.
Cowhead418 ate way too much korn and exploded.
DJGingivitis was captured by the black queen.
Skooma Addict had nearly discovered something... he went "a-ha" just before he went splat.
Gaius Scribonius Curio and his friend Jimmy eat world. It wasn't very healthy and so he died.
Nole4694 was killed by the airborne toxic event.
Dutch_guy reached an all time low just before he died.

The Serial Killer left a clue:

Eek! Went the pig, who later grunted.

N, E, O, R, K

Band names:

Nine inch nails
Everything but the girl
Rob Zombie
Steppenwolf
Korn
Queen
A-ha
Jimmy Eat World
Airborne Toxic Event
All time low

Murders this round:

WOGs, suicides, lurkers, and mafia from Capo III.

Serial Killer clue:

EEK went the pig, who later grunted.

"EEK OINK"

Reenk Roink. See? :beam:


Day Six:

Retaliation:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Ichigo was up in a plane, and forgot his parachute. They told him not to fall out. Boy, did he ever. But somehow, he fell 10,000 feet and landed on a pillow factory.
Beefy187 was caught inside the red jumpsuit apparatus. It was too sexy and he was mauled by a crowd of women, and a few men too!
Day Six Summary:

Beefy187 died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Six Murders:

Quintus.JC had his brains smashed in by an M.C. Hammer.
TheStranger found out the hard way that he was deathly allergic to Salt-N-Pepa.
Craterus listened to Hanson and then promptly shot himself in the face with a shotgun.
El Diablo unfortunately found himself in a house of pain. And death.
glyphz was told at gunpoint to dance, but he was not N'sync enough.
Greyblades was ruthlessly slaughtered by some barenaked ladies.
Jolt tried to join the skull and bones, but he was killed by the Presidents of the United States of America.
shlin28 was slashed up in a Kris Kross pattern.
Diana Abnoba was hit on the head by a Fastball.
a completely inoffensive name choked on an ice cube.
Myrddraal was buried up to his forehead in Snow.
Kommodus is naughty by nature. Perhaps a bit too naughty... he died.


The Serial Killer left a clue:

:snobby: Oh... it should be quite solvable by now.

Hangman:

N, E, O, R, K, I

By now, the hangman clues by themselves make it fairly solvable.

Band names:

Fallout Boy
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
M.C. Hammer
Salt-N-Pepa
Hanson
House of Pain
N'sync
Barenaked ladies
The Presidents of the United States of America
Kris Kross
Fastball
Ice Cube
Snow
Naughty by nature

And the final clue: Perhaps the member who uses the snobby smiley face more than any other.

:snobby:

Would be Reenk Roink, of course. :bow:

Extra Bonus Points:


Beskar engaged in a bitter feud

Should have been a major gimme for you, Beskar!


https://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb225/askthepizzaguy/600px-718smiley.png


Now.... perhaps we should tally up the casualties caused by our Serial Killer, Reenk Roink.


Leet Eriksson
Splitpersonality
Kagemusha
Ironside
Woad&fangs
Johnhughthom
FactionHeir
Scottishranger
Veronica "Trouble" Toluso
Crazed Rabbit
GeneralHankerchief ****
discovery1
White_Eyes:D
Death is yonder
Elite Ferret
atheotes
Xehh II
Sigurd
LittleGrizzly
Haudegen
CountArach
Rhyfelwyr
Sasaki Kojiro
TruePraetorian
Warmaster Horus
Pannonian
Cowhead418
DJGingivitis
Skooma Addict
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Nole4694
Dutch_guy
Beefy187
Quintus.JC
TheStranger
Craterus
El Diablo
glyphz
Greyblades
Jolt
shlin28
Diana Abnoba
a completely inoffensive name
Myrddraal
Kommodus



*****If he's killed when he's not playing, it doesn't count. Loophole. Random kills shouldn't prevent you from playing. :clown:


38 civilian casualties.
Seven detectives died.





Marginal victory for the town.... :sweatdrop:
Personal victory to GeneralHankerchief.

And you know what? I'm going to award Awesome Serial killer victory to Reenk Roink
for only being caught by a dead guy after 6 days, 45 bodies later. :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:



By the skin of your teeth, detectives.... there weren't that many active, talkative ones left.

[A Very Super Market]

Bleh, I got confused and stopped thinking after a bit :sheepish:

I think Meth uses that smiley more though. Eh. Will there be more serial killers?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yes, but I would need to think of a good Serial Killer and also a good clue path for him or her.

[Askthepizzaguy]

NEW RULES


Ok. Now that we have gotten a feel for the game, it's time to up the ante. There will be something every one of the murder victims have in common. Remember, there's only so many members of the .org, and I'm not going to be digging through the massive amount of 200 post-count and below members to find more victims. The amount of victims killed per night relates to how large the victim pool is. If there's only a few people meeting the criteria, then there will only ever be a few victims. If there's a larger victim pool, then it will start off with more victims and it will increase exponentially every day until they are all gone.

1. When the pool of victims is depleted, the Serial Killer will roll a six sided die and take out that many remaining detectives. Who those detectives are will be determined by random.org.

So it is now possible for the Serial Killer to win the game outright. :wink:

2. Any 24-hour phase where there are no accusations or arrests will also result in a Serial Killer victory.

Typically you'll be given 5 to 6 days to safely solve the case. After a week, prepare to die. Please be aware of these changes. :evil: Are you ready? :holmes:


Day One:

Gaius Scribonius Curio was killed when he ate a poisoned mushroom.
Byzantine Knight died when a flickering monitor was dropped on his head.
julius caesar the first was killed by the giant's knife.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

Bwahahaha.... I'll destroy your whole world with the Genesis device.

edit: Posts between 1,000 and 5,000

[GeneralHankerchief]

Uh, let's go with Accuse: Chaotix.

[atheotes]

Accuse: Demon of Light

[Csargo]

Arrest: Ibrahim

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Two:

Retaliation:

Ichigo was shot in the head by the BFG 9000.

Ichigo died.
Everyone else survived.

Day Two murders:

Motep was exploded by the ASMD Shock Rifle.
Sarathos was shot by the M1 Garand.
The Lemongate was blasted by the Hand Cannon.
MarcusAureliusAntoninus was blown apart by the Super Shotgun.
Mikeus Caesar was frozen by the Ice Beam.
Reenk Roink was blown apart by the Cerebral Bore.
Aemilius Paulus was impaled by the Master Sword.
Hurin Rules was hacked to pieces by the Blades of Chaos.
TevashSzat was blasted to bits by the menacing Death Egg.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

I'm feeling mighty with my brass knuckles.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Ah wait, didn't see the difference between accuse and arrest.

Arrest: Chaotix

[Askthepizzaguy]

Ah wait, didn't see the difference between accuse and arrest.

Arrest: Chaotix

I guess I picked a clue set that you were all too familiar with, Congrats on getting two in a row, Inspector Hankerchief.

:bow:


GeneralHankerchief is correct. Chaotix was the serial killer.


Day One:

Gaius Scribonius Curio was killed when he ate a poisoned mushroom.
Byzantine Knight died when a flickering monitor was dropped on his head.
julius caesar the first was killed by the giant's knife.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

Bwahahaha.... I'll destroy your whole world with the Genesis device.

edit: Posts between 1,000 and 5,000

The hangman letter: H
Post count 1,000 to 5,000

Victim clues:

Gaius, Knight, and JC all have similar style avatars to Chaotix.

Murder clues:

poisoned mushroom is a reference to Super Mario Brothers, the lost levels.
flickering monitor is a reference to the item boxes in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games.
Giant's knife is a reference to the Legend of Zelda series of games.

The Sonic reference matches Chaotix because "Team Chaotix" were characters in the Knuckles Chaotix game.

Serial Killer clue:

Bwahahahaha in Comic Sans MS font is a reference to the Council of Villains game where I played Bowser, hosted by Chaotix.

Genesis is a reference to the Sega Genesis. Chaotix is a Sega trademarked character.

From these, GeneralHankerchief was able to solve the case on the first round, really. Just forgot to arrest, not accuse. He automatically gets at least second place for the first correct accusation.


Day Two:

Retaliation:

Ichigo was shot in the head by the BFG 9000.

Ichigo died.
Everyone else survived.

Day Two murders:

Motep was exploded by the ASMD Shock Rifle.
Sarathos was shot by the M1 Garand.
The Lemongate was blasted by the Hand Cannon.
MarcusAureliusAntoninus was blown apart by the Super Shotgun.
Mikeus Caesar was frozen by the Ice Beam.
Reenk Roink was blown apart by the Cerebral Bore.
Aemilius Paulus was impaled by the Master Sword.
Hurin Rules was hacked to pieces by the Blades of Chaos.
TevashSzat was blasted to bits by the menacing Death Egg.

The Serial Killer has left a clue:

I'm feeling mighty with my brass knuckles.

Hangman letters: T, H.

Murder clues:

BFG 9000 is a Doom reference. The murder theme is video game weapons.
All the other murders are also video game references.

Blades of Chaos is a less than subtle hint.
Death Egg refers to Dr. Robotnik's flying Death Star-like battle station, another reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Serial Killer clue:

Mighty the Armadillo and Knucles the Echidna are other starring characters in the Knuckles' Chaotix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckles%27_Chaotix) game.

Easy peasy lemon squeezie.


A job well done... only one detective dead and a relatively short list of victims.

Overwhelming Victory for the town,
and a personal victory for GeneralHankerchief.






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Oh, and I'm no longer announcing the failed murders. This way if you make the correct accusation, it's not blatantly obvious when you aren't attacked the next day. The rules were otherwise pretty broken. But you still retain total immunity to being killed by that serial killer if you randomly guess correctly on the accusation, and then arrest the wrong person.

It's one of the benefits of accusing rather than arresting. :2thumbsup:

Okay, on to a new round... and a new Serial Killer.

[A Very Super Market]

Man, I feel like such a freeloader.

Congratulations GH!

[Reenk Roink]

It's not fair to have GH play this, he has literally seen and interacted with too much of the Orgahs, especially the Frontroom/Gameroom and the Throne Room. I told GH straight up in chat 3 years ago or so the origin of my username and yet he has seen my posting style so much he got it from a smiley. :laugh4:

[Askthepizzaguy]

I still need to tweak the rules a little... I'd like to encourage "making a case" against the arrested parties. Actual law enforcement don't just run around arresting randomly; they have to have a reason. Well, that's the theory anyway. :laugh4:

I need to figure out how to reward case-building in this game. I was thinking something along the lines of.... arrests do not work unless you correctly link one of the actual clues to the correct murderer. Correctly identifying incriminating evidence should be how you make the arrest. It's also satisfying to state your case and have no one be able to refute it.

I wish I could make it so the other detectives might even get some kind of brownie points for refuting bad cases. I know there's a way to do it but I need to figure out how to make it both fun and fair, and retain the spirit of the game that we have running now.

:juggle2: Ah hosting... so many challenges, so little time.

Player and bystander input is welcome on improving the game.

[johnhughthom]

You could need one piece of evidence to make an accusation, two to make an arrest. Whether other players could use the same evidence for their accusations/arrests I'm not sure, perhaps not until the player who pointed to the evidence first is killed?

[Reenk Roink]

I like your case rewarding idea Atpg, and john's suggestion seems to be a good way to implement it. I was going to go and type /in and point out that Chaotix would never like Genesis as much as Nintendo and so with all the video game related deaths it must be him but apparently everyone else got the clues first. :wall: :beam:

He would have been the only one that I'd have gotten early in this game too (aside from myself of course - the first clues were a dead giveaway but I did have some trouble with all the bands... I was like, I don't listen to a lot of these! :laugh4:).

[Askthepizzaguy]

How quickly would you have gotten yourself, Reenk? :beam:

[johnhughthom]

Taking the post count/letters from the name out of the game (maybe start doing it on day 5 or so) would encourage different cases being built up and less of making up a list of candidates and then thinking up a case.

edit: though that obviously makes it a lot harder on you to think up various clues...

[Reenk Roink]

How quickly would you have gotten yourself, Reenk? :beam:

The day 1 clue. The 'pearls' initially passed over my head because I'm not a very careful reader, but the mention of 'ten' with the bold and underline caught my eye. Then looking back at pearl... :yes: I killed fiz too! :embarassed: :sad:

The thing that made it weird was that there were other clues that were obvious, but they were mixed in with bands that I really don't listen to (aside from AIC and GNR :2thumbsup: maybe some others). Good on you for looking it up too, I get asked that too many times... :laugh4:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Here's the thing about the letter clues;

If I picked a Serial Killer that you've never heard of, and knew nothing about, out of the .org's thousands of members, it would take forever to solve the game and you'd all end up dead.

The letter clues are like a last-ditch effort to make the case solvable when you're really stumped. If you wish I can remove the post count clue, though you have to admit, it just makes it that much harder to weed out candidates.

The post count clue and the letter clues are designed such that if you THINK you know the answer, you can have one or two last lines of defense to stop yourself if you are wrong. Much like a police detective might cross off a suspect because the blood spatter at the scene of the crime is of a different blood type... or perhaps DNA evidence clears them... etc. Perhaps they had an alibi, too?

Basically, it catches you in some cases from having a bad case. But it's obviously not totally effective, as many suspects will match in post count range and in various letters.


I like these clues, and these are the measure which prevents me as the game host from picking clues that are too hard or too obscure, because there will always be letter and post count clues which eventually solve the case... though based on just those alone, you're more likely to die due to the Serial killer getting you. These clues make it solvable (technically) even without further clues by deduction and a lucky guess. If I narrow the suspects down to about 30 people out of thousands and thousands, then there are enough of you to "lucky guess" the Serial Killer. Then the additional clues along the way make it so you could exhaustively narrow it down.

But it's hard to reduce the suspect list to a manageable level. And that's why following the other clue leads gives you an advantage over the other detectives who haven't solved those clues. The competition is in solving it faster with fewer leads, or at least personally narrowing down your own suspect list to make educated guesses good enough to possibly win.



The thing that made it weird was that there were other clues that were obvious, but they were mixed in with bands that I really don't listen to

Yeah... basically I was just trying to get an overall theme of music in general, and then get people thinking "band names" and then get them thinking "okay, band names... but which band am I looking for?"

It made sense in my head, but I can see where it gets confusing. There is a line of reasoning there, but it's intentionally convoluted to make it harder to follow. Narcissistic psychopaths who murder for glee sometimes create convoluted reasons to kill someone, or leave very obscure clues. I think I'm just demented enough to mimic that behavior.

[Chaotix]

:laugh4:

I guess you either made it too easy, ATPG, or I misjudged how easily others would pick up on the reference. (That's right, I'm a volunteer serial killer :clown:)

Ah, well. Maybe next time. It was probably Council of Villains that pushed it over the edge, I didn't take that into account.

[Askthepizzaguy]

All right, attempting to make it more difficult.

Day One:

Warmaster Horus died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

No post count clue.


Added Rules:

For arrests to count, you must correctly ID something I intended to be a clue, (besides the letter clues) in the way it was intended, and state that as evidence during your arrest.

For now, accusations will not require a case.

[Chaotix]

Hrmm.... Since I'm here now...

I'll go out on a limb and Accuse: Ibn-Khaldun.

I figure the connection with WH as well as the Greek mythology reference might have something to do with him.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

You know that this is someone not playing this game?

I may be not very active but I'm still following it!
So, I am not Serial Killer/Mafia!
~:)

[johnhughthom]

And there's no e in his name...

[Chaotix]

And there's no e in his name...

That's very true! :laugh4:

Un-accuse: Ibn.

[Askthepizzaguy]

:grin:

useful, those letter clues...

[Askthepizzaguy]

Nudge


Remember, rounds without accusations result in automatic Serial Killer win. As per updated (harder) rules. :2thumbsup:

Take a wild shot.

[Chaotix]

Accuse: Elite Ferret

To keep the game going.

[johnhughthom]

Accuse: Aemilius Paulus

Russian living in US.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Two:

Retaliation:

All the detectives survived.

Day Two Murders:

Sol Invictus died.
Thor the Bassist died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[Double A]

Since they haven't left any clues, I'm assuming it's because they're a lazy perosn.

accuse: Double A even though its technically impossible

[Death is yonder]

The clues are all pointing to Greek Mythology, but who?

The latest clue is a reference to Homer's Odyssey, and the earlier one a reference to Greek Mythology.

Kills:

First round Kill: Warmaster Horus, Egyptian God of Sky, and the God of War

Second Round Kill: Sol Invictus (Roman Sun God), and Thor (Norse god of Thunder).

So... no idea :idea2:

[Ferret]

Arrest: Alexander the Pretty Good

My reasoning: has e and p in name, related to greek mythology even if he was real, and most of all ATPG loves him because he is also ATPG :clown:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Three:

Retaliation:

All the detectives survived.

Day Three Murders:

Asmodeus died.
El Diablo died.
Death the destroyer of worlds died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Arrest: spL1tp3r50naL1ty

[Askthepizzaguy]

State your reasoning, Ibn-Khaldun. If you would please. :bow:

[Ibn-Khaldun]

1)Letter clues: o, p, e.
He has them all.

2) Killing these "mythology" and "god" related users shows his .. eem .. split personality?

3) Also, I haven't seen him playing this game. At least not the last few or I am just too blind:shrug:

[Edit: 4) And just random guess...:beam:]

[Renata]

/in

arrest: Proserpine

Letters fit, connection to Greek mythology and the underworld (clues about death, devil, etc). I can't really fit the Goblet of Fire clue, though -- I was thinking that Proserpina/Persephone was trapped in the Underworld when she drank something there, but Googling it says it was actually pomegranate seeds. But anyway. Worth a try!

[Splitpersonality]

Technically my name is "spL1tp3r50naL1ty"

No O's, no E's.


I've been here, but unable to really attempt any cracks at this game for a few rounds, I hope you guys don't miss me too much :P

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Four:

Retaliation:

Renata died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Four Murders:

Dionysus9 died.
Fate died.
Beelzebub died.
Loki died.

Warning: Victim pool getting low.

The Serial killer complained that his liver felt like it was being devoured.

[johnhughthom]

Arrest: Omanes Alexandrapolites

He's a demi-mod apparently, something like a demi-god who may want to kill fully fledged gods... OK all I really got is the letters fit. :shrug:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Day Five:

Retaliation:

Johnhughthom survived an attack.

Day Five Murders:

Leviathan Darklycute died.
Cyclops died.
pevergreen died.
shlin28 died.
Lord Winter died.

Warning: Victim pool is gone! Detectives are being murdered now!

The Serial Killer's favorite WWE superstar is Mankind. He might consider our serial killer to be the true champion.

[Csargo]

Fate died.

All hope is lost. :O

Arrest: PROMETHEUS

Gave Mankind fire. Had his liver eaten by crows everyday. All letters fit.

[Askthepizzaguy]

All hope is lost. :O

Arrest: PROMETHEUS

Gave Mankind fire. Had his liver eaten by crows everyday. All letters fit.



Csargo is correct.

PROMETHEUS was the Serial Killer. Congratulations, Inspector Csargo!

And now onto the clue explanations.


All right, attempting to make it more difficult.

Day One:

Warmaster Horus died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

The first victim was Warmaster Horus... Horus is a god in Egyptian mythology. The theme would be mythological deities/beings.

The Serial killer clue "Atlas Shrugged" compounded the mythological deity theme, and indicated that the Serial killer would be a mythological deity in name. As such, there were very few potential suspects.

Atlas was one of the sons of Iapetus, the brother of Prometheus. Given the clues, it was plausible to suggest PROMETHEUS as the Serial killer on the first round, but it would have been perhaps the most fitting candidate out of many, not really a slam dunk. I would suggest that any solving of the case on this round would be due more to a lucky guess than a conclusive case.


Day Two:

Retaliation:

All the detectives survived.

Day Two Murders:

Sol Invictus died.
Thor the Bassist died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Here, two more gods died, indicating that the SK was a god.

O Brother Where Art Thou indicates "brother" which, combined with the first clue, gives you the brother of Atlas, one of whom was Prometheus. Solving the case on this round was very possible.


Day Three:

Retaliation:

All the detectives survived.

Day Three Murders:

Asmodeus died.
El Diablo died.
Death the destroyer of worlds died.

The Serial killer left behind a copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Three more gods died. Death (in mythology, Death is a god) El Diablo (the Devil, a kind of evil god) and Asmodeus, king of the demons.

Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire would indicate fire in this context. Prometheus is said to have given mankind the gift of fire, in Greek myth.

Brother of Atlas, god, fire ===> Prometheus.


Day Four:

Retaliation:

Renata died.
All the other detectives survived.

Day Four Murders:

Dionysus9 died.
Fate died.
Beelzebub died.
Loki died.

Warning: Victim pool getting low.

The Serial killer complained that his liver felt like it was being devoured.

4 more gods died, and my victim pool was down to a couple.

Liver being devoured was actually solvable by Google search. "liver being devoured", third entry "Prometheus". Then it was a question of checking the database for a member called Prometheus, of which there are three, but only one with just the name.


Day Five:

Retaliation:

Johnhughthom survived an attack.

Day Five Murders:

Leviathan Darklycute died.
Cyclops died.
pevergreen died.
shlin28 died.
Lord Winter died.

Warning: Victim pool is gone! Detectives are being murdered now!

The Serial Killer's favorite WWE superstar is Mankind. He might consider our serial killer to be the true champion.

Prometheus gave the fire to man, and was a champion of mankind. Inactive detectives bit the dust first.



4 detectives died and the entire victim pool was destroyed. However, the Serial Killer was arrested in 5 days, and the case was solved by Csargo. Congratulations!


:balloon2: :balloon2: Marginal town victory, personal victory for Csargo. :balloon2: :balloon2:


Before I forget, Renata solved this one just after she died. But she wanted others to have a chance to solve it, and she couldn't win the game at that point.

Do we still have people interested in playing? :beam:

[johnhughthom]

Well played Csargo. :bow:

[Csargo]

I R WINRAR!!!

I'm still playing obviously. I was kind of put off by having to give reasons for arresting people though. It does take away from the random guessing, but I for one enjoy accusing other people of murdering other people with no real reasoning. YOUR ALL MURDERS IN MY BOOK. EVER LAST ONE OF YOU. I'M THE ONLY INNOCENT ONE! *walks away covered in blood* :freak:

[johnhughthom]

Do we still have people interested in playing? :beam:

Despite the fact I couldn't possibly have been further from solving that, yes.

[A Very Super Market]

I got distracted for a bit, but will probably be more active this time. Any game without PMs would be a godsend, frankly.

[Splitpersonality]

I AM playing, I'm just quite bad at it :(

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I am still followingplaying this game. :yes:

[Death is yonder]

Am playing still, just that the lack of a needed reason gives way to lack of a proper guess.

[Askthepizzaguy]

LOL @ Csargo


I'm still playing obviously. I was kind of put off by having to give reasons for arresting people though. It does take away from the random guessing, but I for one enjoy accusing other people of murdering other people with no real reasoning. YOUR ALL MURDERS IN MY BOOK. EVER LAST ONE OF YOU. I'M THE ONLY INNOCENT ONE! *walks away covered in blood*

Otay.

You don't have to give your reasons because you are teh uber 1337 and you've caught more than one Serial Killer.

@ the others-

Was it really that much of a stumper? :embarassed: My apologies. I'll try to do some more recognizable faces.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Hello, just wanted to give an update on this:

Due to the upcoming Resident Evil: Dark Falls game I will be hosting, I am putting this game on hold until I have more free time. However, any of you could take up my mantle and host a Serial Killer game right here if you wish. Be sure to keep the clues nice and solvable, but difficult! :laugh4:

After Resident Evil and the Batman game, I'll probably have more time to do another edition of this. :bow: